Baghdad, June 24 (RHC) – Iraqi army warplanes have pounded several areas in the strategic oil town of Baiji, killing over a dozen Islamist militants and injuring several others.... More


Bogota, June 24 (PL-RHC), -- The National Liberation Army (ELN) has asserted that it is open to learning from the peace process between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and that is willing to add new aspects.... More


Moscow, June 24 (RHC) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has scrapped plans to send troops into Ukraine, in a move seen to de-escalate the ongoing crisis in the region.... More


Abuja, June 24 (RHC) – Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have reportedly abducted 91 people during recent attacks against three villages in the northeastern regions of the country.... More


Rio de Janeiro, June 23 (Xinhua-RHC), -- Brazil's new set of Internet regulations came into effect on Monday in a bid to tighten security after the espionage scandal exposed by former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.... More


Washington, June 24 (RHC) – US journalist Glenn Greenwald says he will soon disclose new documents revealing which kinds of citizens are targeted by Washington’s spying activities.... More


Baghdad, June 23, (RHC), -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday for talks with Iraqi leaders on the Iraqi crisis as the country is trying to curb a Sunni blitzkrieg, an official television reported.... More


Buenos Aires, June 23, (RHC), – Member countries of the Mercosur Trade Bloc and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) expressed support for Argentina and its ongoing litigation with the holdout hedge funds, particularly last week's decision from the US Supreme Court to dismiss the case, and the financial consequences emerging from such a position.... More


Jerusalem, June 23, (RHC), – The Israel Air Force launched attacks on nine Syrian military positions in the Golan Heights late Sunday night in response to a missile attack earlier in the day that killed a 13-year-old boy on the Israeli side of the border. ... More


Washington, June 23, (RHC), – US President Barack Obama says the Takfiri militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS, pose a “medium and long-term threat” to the United States.... More


Havana, June 23 (RHC) Current Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, from the ruling Workers’ Party (PT), is an official candidate to Brazil’s presidential elections slated to take place in October.... More


Yerevan, Jun 23, (RHC), – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that Moscow supports efforts aimed at launching a national dialog in Ukraine.... More


Ramallah, June 21 (RHC)-- Two Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces press ahead with operations to find three missing Israeli settlers. Mohammed Dudin, a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager, was one of the victims, who according to Palestinian officials died early Friday.... More


Washington, June 21 (RHC)-- While the Barack Obama administration is sending up to 300 military advisers to fight against the Sunni uprising that has taken over large parts of Iraq, the U.S. president is also considering launching military strikes at the Iraqi government’s request.... More


Quito, June 20 (RHC) -- Ecuador Thursday called on the United Nations and other human rights agencies to defend the rights of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.... More


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